Discoveryland! Honors and Awards

The National Home of Rodgers & Hammerstein's
OKLAHOMA!

Address: 19501 W. 41st St./ Sand Springs, OK / 74063
Phone: (918) 245-OKLA (6552)
Email: info@discoverylandusa.com

Awards
Discoveryland!'s Honors & Awards

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Travel Guide Lists Tulsa as Top 10 City
Even the experts agree - Tulsa doesn't readily come to mind when vacation time rolls around. Yet a traveling convoy of
editors and writers with Fodor's Travel Publications say Oklahoma's second-largest city is a treat for the senses - as well
as the pocketbook. Tulsa offers so many delightful, undiscovered amenities that the travel guide specialists named the
city one of its 10 outstanding travel destinations of 2002. And editors rated the relatively small but sophisticated city for
travelers seeking an escape minus crowds and high price tag.

Spotlighted are Tulsa's American Indian culture, its magnificent art deco buildings and host of summer festivals. The
Woolaroc Museum and animal preserve was noted as the top outing, with Western Hills Guest Ranch named as best
place to stay. The not-to-miss event was a performance of OKLAHOMA! at Discoveryland! ~ Tulsa World

"No matter how many times you have seen this ebullient musical, there's nothing quite like viewing it in its home state
underneath the stars. If you're like this reporter, a shiver will run down your back despite yourself when the chorus
breaks into OKLAHOMA!" ~ New York Daily News

"What better place to see OKLAHOMA! than in the state that inspired the Rodgers & Hammerstein musical. A 1,500-seat
amphitheatre built into a hillside about 15 miles from the heart of the city provides the natural outdoor setting...the
production is OUTSTANDING!" ~ San Diego Tribune

"The great outdoors is the site of this OKLAHOMA! The play is presented like none you've seen before. Real horses and a
full-sized surrey with the fringe on top cross the earthen stage." ~ The Chicago Star

National Treasure
Named by InStyle magazine as one of the "Top 51 National Treasures in America"

Best Family Entertainment in Oklahoma 2009
Presented by News Channel 9, Oklahoma City

Silver Award
Presented by the 1987 World Travel Market, London, England for Best Entertainment

Best Live Theatre in Oklahoma
Presented by Oklahoma Living Magazine

The 53rd Presidential Inaugural
Represented the State of Oklahoma in the 1997 Presidential Inaugural Parade

Top 100 Events in North America
Presented by the American Bus Association

Outstanding Tourist Attraction in Oklahoma
Presented by the Oklahoma Department of Tourism and Recreation and the Oklahoma Travel Industry Association

Outstanding Attraction in Oklahoma
Presented by the Oklahoma Department of Tourism and Recreation

Outstanding Attraction in Green Country
Presented by Green Country, Inc.

Reader's Digest's "America the Beautiful"
Cast of Discoveryland! selected to perform song OKLAHOMA! in Reader's Digest's two-hour music video

National Home of Rodgers and Hammerstein's OKLAHOMA!
Named the Official National Home of OKLAHOMA! by the children of
Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein in 1993

TULSA, OKLAHOMA - "Nothing beats this place, let me tell
you...I just love it - we both do!" exclaimed Mary Rodgers
(daughter of Richard Rodgers).

"OKLAHOMA! has found its home here in Oklahoma...
Discoveryland! has brought OKLAHOMA! to life on beautiful
Oklahoma land under a vast Oklahoma sky. And it's with
great pride that we, the children of Richard Rodger and

Oscar Hammerstein II, on behalf of The Rodgers and
Hammerstin familes, declare Discoveryland! to be The
National Home of Rodgers and Hammerstein's OKLAHOMA!

This historic presentation took place on the Discoveryland!
stage before forty-two of the nation's governors, their staffs
and other prominent dignitaries who were in Tulsa for the
1993 National Governor's Conference.

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